The Failure ChimeraThe Failure ChimeraOnce upon a time, in a certain place......there was an eeeevil scientist....there was an eeeevil scientist.One day, the scientist happened to create a chimera."You are a failure," the scientist said. The chimera had no idea what he meant."You are a failure," the scientist said. The chimera had no idea what he meant.The chimera was quickly driven out of the laboratory.The chimera had just been born...The chimera had just been born......and already it was all alone.With nothing in particular to do...With nothing in particular to do......the chimera decided to look for others like him.As it was walking along, the chimera spotted a group of bats.As it was walking along, the chimera spotted a group of bats."Hello there. Would you happen to know anyone like me?"—asked the chimera.—asked the chimera.The bats replied:"We've never seen anyone like you. Your wings look a little like ours, though.""We've never seen anyone like you. Your wings look a little like ours, though."Squealing away, the bats then flew off.Squealing away, the bats then flew off.Next, the chimera met a group of snakes.Next, the chimera met a group of snakes.The chimera promptly asked:"Hello there. Would you happen to know anyone like me?"The snakes replied:"Sorry, but we've never seen anyone like you. Your tail looks a little like ours, though."The chimera's shoulders sagged.The chimera's shoulders sagged.Next, the chimera met a group of people.Again, the chimera asked:Again, the chimera asked:"Hello there. Would you happen to know anyone like me?"...but no sooner did the people see the chimera......but no sooner did the people see the chimera......then they ran away as fast as they could.Next, the chimera met with God.Next, the chimera met with God.Again, chimera asked:"Hello there. Would you happen to know anyone like me?"But God made a fearsome face and replied:"I don't recall creating anything of your like. Your very existence is a sacrilege to me."Then God tried to kill the chimera.The chimera barely escaped with its life.Then the chimera finally realized......there was no one like it in the entire world....there was no one like it in the entire world.The chimera became sad......and cried alone on the shore of a lake....and cried alone on the shore of a lake.Then the chimera suddenly sensed a presence.It looked and saw a human girl nearby.It looked and saw a human girl nearby.It looked and saw a human girl nearby.When the girl noticed it...When the girl noticed it......she smiled and greeted it with a "Hello."The chimera was a little surprised. Then it responded to the girl:The chimera was a little surprised. Then it responded to the girl:The chimera was a little surprised. Then it responded to the girl:"Hello there. You're a human, yet you're not going to run away from me...?""Hello there. You're a human, yet you're not going to run away from me...?"The girl replied:"No. Even if I wished to run from you, it would be useless.""No. Even if I wished to run from you, it would be useless."The chimera looked carefully and saw the girl had no legs.The chimera was amazed.The chimera was amazed."I was born without legs. My father really hates taking care of me.""Not long ago, he called me a failure behind my back," the girl said."Not long ago, he called me a failure behind my back," the girl said.The chimera remembered being called a failure by the scientist.Then the chimera felt very happy.Then the chimera felt very happy.Yes......because there was indeed someone else like it....because there was indeed someone else like it.The chimera and the girl quickly became friends.The chimera then carried the girl on its back...The chimera then carried the girl on its back......grew its wings large and took off into the sky."Oh my, how beautiful...""It's a dream for someone like me to fly around in the sky!""It's a dream for someone like me to fly around in the sky!"The chimera felt very happy indeed to have made its first friend."I want to draw this. I want to leave behind drawings made by my own hand of the glorious world I see in my eyes."...the girl said.And so the two of them decided to fly through the skies all over the world.The pair of them went about all kinds of places:The pair of them went about all kinds of places:burning deserts...burning deserts......endless oceans......lands of ice......lands of ice...They earned their travel costs by selling maps they drew.At length, the two of them had flown around the entire wiiiide, wide world.After that, the exquisite world maps they'd drawn...After that, the exquisite world maps they'd drawn......were duplicated, and before they knew it, had spread all over the globe.The two of them lived where the sea was clear all the way to the bottom......and where the sand sparkled like it was set with diamonds....and where the sand sparkled like it was set with diamonds."Tell me..."...the chimera asked the woman......the chimera asked the woman..."...if we're both failures...""...was the world in the maps that we drew also a failure...?""...was the world in the maps that we drew also a failure...?"The woman thought this over for a little while......and then replied......and then replied..."Yes, I suppose so.""After all, no such wonderful place as this is drawn anywhere on those maps.""After all, no such wonderful place as this is drawn anywhere on those maps.""Sure enough," the chimera agreed, and then smiled."Sure enough," the chimera agreed, and then smiled."Sure enough," the chimera agreed, and then smiled.The woman was lured to smile as well.The woman was lured to smile as well.And the two of them lived on this paradise-like island...And the two of them lived on this paradise-like island......which they hadn't drawn on their maps......and which no one in the world besides them knew about......and which no one in the world besides them knew about......and which no one in the world besides them knew about......forever and ever...
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